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Largest cycle protest in London, 10,000.

April 28th was the largest cycling protest in London, with over 10,000 people riding to draw attention to local bike related issues.

Here is an article in the Times of London:10,000 pedal for action in biggest bike protest
By: Kaya Burgess and Rhoda Buchanan
April 28th, 2012

Central London was overrun by 10,000 cyclists today, as the biggest bike protest ever seen in the capital took to the streets.

The mayoral candidates Brian Paddick and Jenny Jones, as well as Simon Hughes, the Lib Dem deputy leader, joined the ride from Hyde Park to Blackfriars, which called on the candidates in next week’s local and mayoral elections to make concrete pledges to make the streets safer for cyclists.

Mr Paddick, the Liberal Democrat candidate, said: “I personally am too afraid to cycle on the roads and roundabouts in London and that isn’t right. We need to review all junctions, especially those on the cycle superhighways.”